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Title: Prank call
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on January 18, 2012, 09:15:07 pm
I had a call earlier today asking to quote a 3 bed, so I got details and set off.  I arrived at the address only to find it was a window cleaners house compete with sign written van in the drive. I knocked the door, with no reply so i came home.

Do you guys think it was someone trying to get me and the other windy at war?

Your thoughts please

Darren
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: P @ F on January 18, 2012, 09:19:39 pm
my guess is , you took one off him so he took the p out of you , call back again , and again , and again , till you see him , OH THE GAMES !

rich
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: paul saunders on January 18, 2012, 09:20:06 pm
Have you been canvassing on his patch.  ???
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on January 18, 2012, 09:26:44 pm
forget it, maybe some kid or idiot thinking it would be fun to get a windy to try and quote another windy

dont give it a second thought, if it happens again then i would confront the windy to find out whats going on. but he maybe doesnt know anything about it!
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: sean84 on January 18, 2012, 09:29:28 pm
I had a call earlier today asking to quote a 3 bed, so I got details and set off.  I arrived at the address only to find it was a window cleaners house compete with sign written van in the drive. I knocked the door, with no reply so i came home.

Do you guys think it was someone trying to get me and the other windy at war?

Your thoughts please

Darren


Some very sad, pathetic people about. Did you call back the number?! I would of....
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: bobby p on January 18, 2012, 09:40:31 pm
try and forget it . a year ago i got caught out with a caller who got me to clean and then when i called to collect a terribly disfigured woman opened the door,and was annoyed id cleaned with no permission.
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Carl@Cwc on January 18, 2012, 09:42:14 pm
when canvassing i knocked a couple of windies doors ( no clues to lead me that he was a windie )
one laughed and said no m8 im also a windie , his missus shouted in the background  "ill have you do em cause he never does and hes crap"

his face was purple at this point , so i smiled and left. still see him about and smile lol
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: sean84 on January 18, 2012, 09:48:03 pm
when canvassing i knocked a couple of windies doors ( no clues to lead me that he was a windie )
one laughed and said no m8 im also a windie , his missus shouted in the background  "ill have you do em cause he never does and hes crap"

his face was purple at this point , so i smiled and left. still see him about and smile lol

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Johnny B on January 18, 2012, 09:53:28 pm
I had one a couple of months ago. I had a phone call from a lady asking me to pressure wash her driveway. An exact time and date was agreed. I turned up exactly on time, only to find she was in the process of doing it herself. When I asked if she was the person who phoned me, she denied any knowledge. I wouldn't have minded, but it was a 50 mile round trip!  >:(

John  
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: GDwindowcleaning on January 18, 2012, 09:53:59 pm
I have met loads of cleaners while knocking and they normally react well, most dont clean in their own area anyway.... I have had a couple of cleaners wives that were not happy though, they seem to take it more personally....
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: bumper on January 19, 2012, 05:52:42 am
 ;D
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Londoner on January 19, 2012, 07:19:55 am
Yes but you have to be a bit careful, if he wanted to be malicious the window cleaner could say you have been round his house making threats. Or he could just punch you on the nose, perfect way of getting away with it. Hows it going to look when YOU get punched on HIS doorstep. Its always going to look like you went round there and started it.
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on January 19, 2012, 03:00:28 pm
learn gracie jiu jitsu then you will never worry about getting attacked again!
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Slash on January 19, 2012, 06:30:09 pm
I had a call earlier today asking to quote a 3 bed, so I got details and set off.  I arrived at the address only to find it was a window cleaners house compete with sign written van in the drive. I knocked the door, with no reply so i came home.

Do you guys think it was someone trying to get me and the other windy at war?

Your thoughts please

Darren

Maybe the home owner was getting quotes from numerous windys and you turned up when another windy was quoting him and they were around the back looking at the windows with the home owner discussing a price therefore there was no answer as they could'nt hear the bell / knocker as they were outside,don't jump to conclusions as the phone call probobly was a genuine one ;)
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: DMC Window Cleaners Ltd on January 19, 2012, 06:42:10 pm
learn gracie jiu jitsu then you will never worry about getting attacked again!

 ;D another fellow ju-jitsu lover
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Perfect Windows on January 19, 2012, 07:57:42 pm
learn gracie jiu jitsu then you will never worry about getting attacked again!

Oh, change the record....
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on January 19, 2012, 08:49:51 pm
learn gracie jiu jitsu then you will never worry about getting attacked again!

 ;D another fellow ju-jitsu lover

cool brother, where abouts do you live and what style of jits do you do ? george
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Pope vader on January 19, 2012, 08:54:43 pm
had a custy phone me up once to do a EOIT clean on con and windows,  got there and there was a other wc allrady doing it,  asked custy,  asked a few incase some didnt turn up
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: DMC Window Cleaners Ltd on January 21, 2012, 12:35:26 pm
learn gracie jiu jitsu then you will never worry about getting attacked again!

 ;D another fellow ju-jitsu lover

cool brother, where abouts do you live and what style of jits do you do ? george

ronin yudansha ryu and goshin
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Cliff perkins on January 21, 2012, 03:48:13 pm
al lady asked me to quote her house the other day,i turned up and there was another windy there giving her the quote she tried to call me to stop me comming but i arrived at her door as she had the phone in her hand.
she said hello where are you i said at your door she sais poop i got 1 now.
why bloody phone if you dont want the quote grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
didnt even bother just let the bloke have the job'
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: Deangsi on January 21, 2012, 05:14:10 pm
knock him out! only joking probley someone having a laff. there is always one
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on January 26, 2012, 03:40:09 pm
learn gracie jiu jitsu then you will never worry about getting attacked again!

 ;D another fellow ju-jitsu lover

cool brother, where abouts do you live and what style of jits do you do ? george

ronin yudansha ryu and goshin
sounds good, i take it thats traditional japanese jui jitsu?
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: DMC Window Cleaners Ltd on January 26, 2012, 06:16:59 pm
thats correct traditional.
been doing it for a good 15 years now
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on January 26, 2012, 08:46:20 pm
thats correct traditional.
been doing it for a good 15 years now
nice one mate  ;) ever heard of gracie jiu jitsu? youtube it if not!
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: dave f on January 27, 2012, 12:02:46 pm
did a bit of canvasing unlike me  ;D knocked this door guy says wot so explaind, thought i reconised him it turns out hes a windy he wasent happy he said NO slammed the door shut off i went any way today gose for diesl guse whos in the next pump in a old mondao whith is very dodgey old looking ladders any way i just grinned he just scowld i think i pd him off whith me sign written van or i got some eof his custys  hope not
Title: Re: Prank call
Post by: DMC Window Cleaners Ltd on January 27, 2012, 04:09:01 pm
thats correct traditional.
been doing it for a good 15 years now
nice one mate  ;) ever heard of gracie jiu jitsu? youtube it if not!
ya its braziliian isnt it, had a look in the past its not traditional enough for what i like bit diorganised for my like it but each to there own